Germany, HJ. A Member’s Knife, Late Transitional Example, by Richard Abraham Herder Republic of The Order was originally awarded

The Order was originally awarded in two categories

and with mostly minor contact marks but with light scratches on the left arm on the swastika

85 mm (w) x 46

and “68” for size large)

the top of which bears a black ink size stamp of “76”

Germany, HJ. A Member’s Knife, Late Transitional Example, by Richard Abraham Herder Republic of The Order was originally awarded(HJ Fahrtenmesser). A late period HJ members knife, measuring 25. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 14. 5 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade which retains factory original sharpening to both the tip and lower edge. The ricasso bears double sided transitional makers marks, with the obverse reading RICH. ABR. HERDER, SOLINGEN for the firm of Richard Abraham Herder, while the reverse bears a Reichszeugmeisterei